Blue and White breaks up as Lapid, Ya’alon factions file to split

Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid and Moshe Ya’alon’s Telem factions have formally requested to split from Benny Gantz’s Israel Resilience, officially breaking up the Blue and White alliance that had presented Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with the only serious challenge to his leadership in years.

Yisrael Beytenu’s Avigdor Lieberman (C) meets Tuesday March 10 with Blue and White leaders Benny Gantz (2L), Yair Lapid (2R), Gabi Ashkenazi (R) and Moshe Ya’alon (L) (Courtesy/Elad Malka)

 

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